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Met warns of 'Strongest El Niño in living memory'
‘Unprecedented event’ warning puts UK flood risk and mortgage market back in the spotlight
Marco Capital positions combined group as a growth platform for brokers after Pro Global deal
Executives say the deal gives smaller brokers a route into international markets without the infrastructure outlay
Aviva says pet and Green Flag cover is where its 6-7% market share can grow
Insurance giant looking to Fido and breakdowns for growth
Robotaxi risk: what potential "skulduggery" tactics mean for UK motor insurers
As Waymo and Wayve's driverless cars edge onto London's streets, cabbies have been talking tactics to the FT – and insurers are facing an issue
Law firm sees profits jump 23% as insurance law boom continues - but PE is quietly retreating
The big question is - how long can it continue?
TUI river cruise complaints may trigger travel insurance claims
Passengers who accepted partial refunds from TUI may still have claimable losses - but time is running out
Record El Niño arrives as reinsurance pricing hits cycle lows
The Met Office's strongest-ever El Niño signal is building into a market that has never been softer
Claims delays drive one in four policyholders to switch insurer
Home insurance acceptance rates range from 45% to 85% across providers - a 40-point spread that gives brokers concrete grounds to interrogate insurer selection before a client's next renewal
Five heatwaves, flash floods, and a 3.9% rise in rebuild costs - the case for reviewing sums insured
Seven in 10 flood claims are now surface water events. Rebuild costs rose 3.9% to July 2026. A sum insured set two years ago may already be 10% short of current reinstatement value
F-16s scrambled to destroy suspected Russian explosive sea drone near European gas rig
Black Sea drone kill adds fresh urgency to risk pricing on Europe's newest gas frontier
Prime London's price slump is a wake-up call on rebuild costs, not just resale values
Your clients may think they need less insurance. That would be a mistake
An American student just outed a rogue UK government AI attack
It then tried to tell him he was wrong
Cadillac F1 owner denies sale talk as insurance probe widens
Federal scrutiny of Walter-controlled insurers has triggered a US$6.5 billion asset reshuffle and negative ratings actions
Annual insurance reviews no longer reflect today's risks
From cyber and climate to contractual liabilities, businesses face risks that shift faster than a once-a-year policy review can capture
The ABI just made the case for commercial brokers to government
Now brokers need to make it to their clients
UK storms hit drought-hardened ground - and the exposure is not over when they pass
The average flood, storm and burst-pipe claim hit £8,548 in Q2 2026. Brokers with clients on clay soil or near heathland have a narrow window before ground conditions shift again
UK's worst-rated roads also reject the most pothole claims
Councils in the worst-rated road areas use the Section 58 defence to reject 75-85% of pothole claims - meaning the cost typically falls on the driver's own motor policy, not the highway authority
Arch names global head for transactional risk as multi-jurisdictional M&A placements hit records
$91.6 billion in limits placed in 2025, rates rising, and submission volumes surging across eleven jurisdictions - brokers now have one Arch contact across all of them
Aegon posts profit growth in H1 - but the number every UK adviser should focus on is £2 billion
The platform's future under new ownership, client continuity, and transition terms: these are the questions advisers should be raising with their account contacts now, not after completion